Oracle spent 18 months in pursuit of PeopleSoft, prevailing over the objection of the U.S. government and pressing the PeopleSoft board into firing Ellison's old charge Craig Conway.
Under the Federal Family Education Loan Program, the government guarantees lenders like Sallie Mae a return of 2.34 percentage points over prevailing rates on commercial paper.
Then, incrementally, through a process of emulation the prevailing wisdom may change over time.
Suttong, a battery maker, was recently forced to raise money at 450 basis points over the prevailing rate in the bond market.
So why was the prevailing match-day emotion that hung over Cardiff after the 29-25 Springboks defeat simply apathy?
The prevailing Western ethic assumes that human interests must always prevail over the comparable interests of members of other species.
The prevailing form of management in the industrial era has gradually matured over the past 150 years.
The stock market rally over the past few months has been in contrast to the prevailing negative view of the economy, and the recent data suggests that stocks may be right.
Usually, the prevailing south-westerly wind would take the ash cloud away from Europe and over the polar region, but a high-pressure area is bringing it over Europe, where it is sitting and barely moving as the ash spreads.
The prevailing mood on Wall Street has had a dramatic shift in the last week as concerns over too much complacency have been replaced by a high degree of investor fear in just two days of trading.
There seems to be a prevailing view that it is little short of scandalous that Goldman Sachs in the UK may defer the handing over of shares to its executives, so that they would be liable to next year's income tax rate of 45% on the payments rather than this year's 50% (see this morning's FT for more on this).
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